The slowing effect of a bureaucracy can save one from a rash mistake.
This slowing effect is used by Lotus to simulate engine braking, in which resistance inside an internal-combustion engine decelerates the car.
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It did have an effect slowing my car down and I could feel it like, 'Whoa, that's weird.
Our numbers show the effect of slowing cost growth over the long term.
And raising interest rates might have the effect of slowing the economy further.
New restrictions from the FDA will likely have the unintended effect of slowing or halting the development cycle of these hardware fixes.
This decline in the anticipated first quarter EPS points to the effect of the European sovereign debt crises, slowing growth in the Asia-Pacific region and the weak economic environment in the U.S. In addition, the company faces increased pressure on its net income on account of higher pension contributions, which have increased as a result of historically low interest rates.
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Continued interest-rate hikes and slowing home buying should have, at most, a marginal effect on 2006 because the economy's underlying strength likely won't flag.
But as manufacturing accounts for only about one-fifth of total output, the effect is to create the false impression that the whole economy is slowing down.
One factor, he says, could be slowing production ahead of what he expects will be a September quarter launch of the iPhone 5S. But he adds that he thinks the effect from pending launches is minor, and that most of the slowing production reflects softening demand.
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Over at the American Enteprise Institute, John Makin and Daniel Hanson suggest not to worry too much about the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio, then turn around and warn against letting the sequester take effect because, ironically, it would raise the debt-to-GDP ratio by slowing the economy.
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Since the rampant stockmarket is, through its wealth effect, now a big contributor to booming consumer spending, it is hard to see demand slowing until borrowing costs rise by rather more.
To take a topical example of cause and effect, we might observe the government announcing budget cuts, and we might also observe the economy slowing down.
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